Railway-track and metal cross-tie.



III/II PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

. J. H. M0001 RAILWAY TRACK AND METAL (moss TIE.

APPLIQATION FILED MAY 18, 190-7.

2191' :11 use:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MCCOY, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO E. G. NAVE,OF

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TRACK AND METAL CROSS-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. is, 1908.

Application filed May 18, 1907. Serial No. 374,395.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, JOHN H.- MoOoY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tracks and MetalCross-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a railway track and metal cross tie therefor.

The present cross tie is formed of metal and has certain characteristicswhereby it may be conveniently ballasted, and also embodies novel meansfor securing the rails thereto, and to deaden the noise commonlyincident to the use of metal cross ties.

A further object of the invention is to combine metal and wooden ties ina new and novel manner in the construction of railway tracks, whereby arelatively small proportion of the ties are made of metal and the remaining portion of wood while at the same time the track has. all of theadvantages incident to all metal ties.

WVith these and other objects in view, the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a railway trackembodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlargedplan view of across tie of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sectionalview on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures and thereby prevent tilting and sidewise working of thetie.

At a suitable distance inwardly from each open end of the tie there is apocket formed by a pair of spaced transverse partitions 4 which divergedownwardly and form a pocket which is undercut at its ends. In thispocket is a cast metal filler 5 having in its top a seat or recess 6 inwhich is a hard wooden block 7. The rail 8 rests upon the wooden blockand is snugly held thereagainst by a pair of rail fastening devices.Each of these devices comprises a clamp block 9 set in a recess 10 inthe cast metal filler and provided at its inner edge with an undercutflange 11 overhanging and shaped to fit the adjacent edge of the flangeof the rail. A suitable bolt 12 pierces the bottom of the tie, the castmetal filler and the block 9, the head of the bolt being at theunderside of the tie, and the squared portion of the bolt fitting thesquare opening in the tie, there being suitable clamping nuts 13 at thetop of the bolt and bearing upon the top of the clamp block 9.

To prevent looseness of the cast metal filler, suitable bolts 14 passtransversely through the tie and the filler at its ends.

It will be understood that the hollow ends of the tie and the hollowintermediate portion between the rail seats may be filled with cement orthe like, or ballasted in any preferred manner.

In constructing the track, such for instance as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, I prefer to employ metal ties at suitable intervals, usingordinary wooden ties 15 between successive metal ties. By thisarrangement, I am enabled to employ the minimum number of metal tieswhich are sufficient to give the desired strength and durability to thetrack, as the wooden ties are employed merely to fill in between themetal ties. Wooden ties of course require replacing more frequently thanmetal ties and by employing some metal ties and some wooden ties thenumber of wooden ties to be replaced is materially reduced, therebyreducing the expense of keep- What is claimed is v In testimony whereofI affix my signature f 1Ametftll tie lllaving a pgckeltl, alcast metfitlin presence of two Witnesses. llerint epociet,a,woo en ocrsetint e topof the filler, and means for holding a rail JOHN MCCOY :5 upon theblock, comprising clamping mem- Witnesses:

bers at opposite sides of the block, and bolts ARTHUR H. BANNON,piercing said members, the metal filler and EMMA JOHNSTON.

the bottom of the tie.

